Composition of matter for making fly-paper.



UNITED STATES PA ENT OFFICE.

GEBHARDT KNOEPFLER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.-

COMPOSITION OF MATTER FOR MAKING FLY-PAPER.

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' or painted upon paper or other suitable objects for the purpose of causing flies or other insects which come into contact there with to adhere thereto and become imprisoned thereon whereby their destruction is accomplished.

My invention has for its further object to provide a composition which will retain its adhesive qualities a suflicient len h of time, and which may be manufacture at a comparatively small cost, and which may be easijiy and quickly applied to the objects des1re My composition consists of the following ingredients, combined in the proper proportions, stated, viz;

Linseed oil 1 gallon. Castor oil 1 gallon. Beeswax 3% pounds.

Rosin 36 pounds.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 1913. Serial No. 788,434.

Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

These ingredients are to be thoroughly mingled or mixed by agitation while being subjected to heat of approximately 180 degrees for a period of a proximately twenty minutes, care being taiien that the composition while being heated should not be permitted to become heated to a boiling point.

The composition afterbeing permitted to cool is then ready for use, and may be applied to the desired objects by any suitable means, such as an ordinary paint brush, or the object desired to be coated may be dipped in the composition as may be deemed desirable or most advantageous.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is;

The herein described composition of matter for the manufacture of fly paper, consisting of linseed oil one gallon, castor oil one gallon, beeswax three and one half pounds, and rosin thirty six pounds, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

E. WALTON BREWINGTON, JAMES F. JOHNSON. 

